Basmati Rice is a suitable crop in Karnal district, which was selected purposively. Assandh and Karnal Blocks were selected purposively on the basis of maximum production under Basmati Rice. Further, Karnal, Gharunda, Taraori and Assandh markets were selected for the market study. Finally, 60 farmers from two blocks and 40 traders from four regulated markets of Karnal district were randomly selected. On the basis of nature, extent, sources, utilization and expectations of a market information system by farmers, traders and official’s simple averages, percentages etc. were used for the data. From the findings of the research study in Karnal district farmers, awareness on prices and arrivals in other markets was (I-Rank) and (II-Rank) Market Information System (MIS) Adopters and Non Adopter farmers in reference market was I-Rank and II-Rank. Contacts in other markets and fellow traders formed major sources of market information in Karnal district. About 86.7% of farmers expressed that market information was not available in required form in Karnal district. Farmers have also faced difficulty on accessibility aspects (70%).

India has been experiencing major changes in agricultural extension system since the beginning of the 21st century. In current IT based global scenario, when the Information Technology started making in¬road into every sector of life in a big way, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has great potential to revamp agricultural extension also. All the sectors of society in general and agricultural extension in particular can increase their efficiency with appropriate and judicious use of Internet in making two-way contacts with farmers and other institutions using internet. E-Agriculture can revamp the Extension Advisory Service with providing proper training to extension personnel on IT/ICT and its application in agricultural extension. Extension personnel are very important in agricultural development process. Specifically, the basic role of extension personnel is that it helps in the improvement of those who are involved in primary food production. This is because it involves a shift from the traditional resource based method of production to a new science based method. The science based methods involve the adoption of new varieties, new cultural practices, use of agrochemicals and other capital-intensive inputs. Before these new technologies are adopted, the farmers need to be aware of them and learn how to use them correctly in their farming environment. The present study has been conducted at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana. The university covers the entire states through its 19 Krishi Vigyan Kendras(KVKs) located at district level and headquarter at Directorate of Extension Education at main campus. Census survey of all extension personnel of the university has been taken as the sample of study. The total sample size was 108 respondents (23 at main campus and 85 at outstations). It was found that Internet, the base of ICT can overcome some of these most challenging issues related to advisory services like accessibility, literacy and language barriers, geographic coverage and local focus

The aim of present study was to find out optimum plant population for obtain higher grain yield of soybean genotypes. An experiments studied the effect of four plant population (0.3, 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6 million plants/ha.) on the growth and yield of three soybean genotypes (RKS-39, JS-9305 and JS-335). Treatments were replicated three times in split plot design. The plant densities level 0.40 million plants/ha produced significantly higher grain yield (2263 kg/ha) than 0.6 million (2097 kg/ha). The difference between 0.3 and 0.6 million density levels was non significant. The genotypes JS-335 produced significantly higher grain yield (2250 kg/ha) than genotypes RKS-39 (2002 kg/ha) but was at par with genotypes JS-9305 (2149 kg/ha). Plant population of 0.4 million plants/ha and genotypes JS-335 were found optimum for soybean productivity under Sehore agro-climatic condition of Madhya Pradesh.

A pot experiment was conducted at IABT polyhouse, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka to assess the performance of sunflower to different concentration of nano zinc sulphide and nutrient dynamics in soil. The treatments comprised foliar application of nano ZnS with different concentrations (100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 ppm) at 35 and 55 DAS. Nano ZnS 500 ppm sprayed at 55 DAS recorded significantly higher seed yield (5.27 g plant-1) and yield attributes which was on par with 400 ppm nano ZnS sprayed at 35 DAS (4.87 g plant-1). While, nano ZnS 400 ppm nano sprayed at 35 DAS recorded significantly highest plant height at 40 & 70 DAS and harvest (67.85, 120.90 and 124.73 cm, respectively), number of green leaves plant-1 (13.67), leaf area (356 cm2), leaf area index (0.198), leaf area duration (8.79 days) over water spray and soil application of zinc sulphate.

Plants and insects have coexisted for at least four hundred million years, and have evolved a variety of antagonistic and mutualistic relationships. As plants are attached by insect herbivores, they have evolved different defense mechanisms to reduce insect attack. Constitutive defenses are present continuously in the plant, but the induced defenses are activated only after the insect attack. The activation of induced defenses is result of highly sophisticated signaling system. In course of time, insect have also evolved several mechanisms to overcome plant defense barriers. In pollination, insects pollinate the plant in exchange of nectar and pollen, thus both are mutually benefitted. In addition, various carnivorous plants are known that have developed mechanisms to trap and digest insects in order to supplement their food requirement. Thorough knowledge of insect plant relationship can be exploited for sustainable crop production.

The studied the six varieties DHS-1, CO-2, Kirtibarthi, Singapore, PKM-1 and Kalipatti in CRD design with four repetitions. The analysis of organoleptic evaluation with respect to color, flavor, taste, texture and overall acceptability were carried out periodically during 0, 3 and 6 months of storage. The maximum colour, taste and overall acceptability were found in treatment V6 (Kalipatti) which was equally good with treatment V3 (Kirtibarthi). These sundried slices remained highest in organoleptic evaluation at initial status and remained highest acceptable during the 6 month storage. Looking to the organoleptic quality during storage it was found in decreasing trend during the 0, 3 and 6 month of storage.

A field experiment was conducted at Main Research Station, Hebbal, Bengaluru, to study the influence of non chemical weed management practices on weed composition and diversity in transplanted organic finger millet. The results of the study showed that among the different weed control treatments, stale seed bed technique + inter cultivation twice at 20 and 35 DAP has significantly reduced the total weed density and weed dry weight and it was statistically on par with hand weeding twice at 20 and 30 DAP. Higher total weed density and weed dry weight was found in unweeded check. Highest weed control efficiency was found in manual weeding (93.2 %) followed by stale seedbed combined with inter cultivation twice (91.6 %) and passing wheel hoe twice with one manual weeding (88.7 %). Grain yield was significantly higher in hand weeding twice (5460 kg/ha) followed by stale seedbed combined with inter cultivation twice (5365 kg/ha).

The present study was conducted to the effect of different levels viz. 0% (T1), 2.5% (T2), 5% (T3) and 7.5% (T4) of whole egg liquid incorporation on physico-chemical and sensory parameters of chicken cutlets with its control. Chicken cutlets prepared with different level of whole egg liquid which resulted in significant increase in product yield, pH, moisture, crude protein, crude fat and ash as compared to control. Mean sensory scores of chicken cutlets at different levels of whole egg liquid for did not differ significantly (p>0.05) as compared to control. Storage stability of aerobically packaged chicken cutlets with optimum level of whole egg liquid along with control was further assessed during refrigerated storage (4±1ºC) at intervals of 0, 3, 6 and 9 days with respect to physico-chemical, microbiological and sensory parameters. On the basis of sensory scores and physico-chemical characteristics, the incorporation level of 7.5% WEL was found to be optimum for preparation of acceptable chicken cutlet, which could be stored safely in low density polyethylene pouches at refrigeration condition (4±1ºC) for 6 days.

Field experiment was conducted in the year 2011-12 and 2013-14 at farmers fields of Ashoknagar district of Madhya Pradesh to study the performance of Chickpea grown under three tillage practices, viz. Tl: 1x Cultivator + 1x (Dutch Foot Cultivator + Clod Crusher), T2: 1 x Cultivator + 2x (Dutch Foot Cultivator + Clod Crusher) and T3: 1x Rotavator. The time savings in tillage operations were recorded in treatment T3 over T2 and T1 were 46.97 and 25.9 percent, respectively. It is evident from data that the fuel consumption in operation of treatment T3 is 14.19 l/ha. However it was 19.16 and 26.73 l/ha in treatment T1 and treatment T2 respectively. It was also recorded highest yield (15.19 qt/ha) was found in treatment T3 and lowest yield in treatment T1 (11.83 qt/ha) which is 28.4% lower. In case of benefit cost ratio, treatment T3 gave 0.49 and 0.32 more B:C Ratio than treatment T1 and T2.

The dynamics of sulphur fractions in the soils of Saurashtra region of Gujarat was studied by collecting one hundred sixty nine surface soil samples (0-15 cm) from tagged cultivated farmer’s field during the year 2000 and 2010. The result showed that overall there was decline in total sulphur from 710.88 ppm to 693.4 ppm, organic sulphur from 625.13 ppm to 607.82 ppm, while available sulphur increased from 14.36 ppm to 30.76 ppm, non sulphate sulphur sulphur from 24.92 ppm to 66.63 ppm, sulphate sulphur from 10.14 ppm to 19.09 ppm and water soluble sulphur from 12.37 ppm to 35.86 ppm over a period of 10 years in different soil groups of Saurashtra region of Gujarat. The non sulphate sulphur, sulphate sulphur and water soluble sulphur showed significant positive relationship with available sulphur in all the soil groups, except sulphate sulphur in soil group SBLS.